HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR

DEPT OF EMERGENCY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS The Department of Emergency & Military Affairs (DEMA), led by The Adjutant General, provides emergency management and military capabilities to the citizens of Arizona and the nation.
The Emergency Management Division consists of three sections—operations, preparedness, and financial administration.
Each section works collaboratively across the agency and with external partners to manage emergency responses and reduce the impacts of disasters.
Additionally, DEMA is the headquarters for the Arizona National Guard, the primary combat reserve of the United States military.
The Arizona Army and Air National Guard provide military forces and equipment to accomplish community, state, and federal missions.
HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR Job Location: Work Location: Camp Navajo, Bellemont, AZ Posting Details: Salary: $16.
4525 - $29.
5088 per hour (DOE) Grade: 18 Closing Date: March 4, 2024 Job Summary: The Heavy Equipment Operator (HEO) operates all types of heavy engineering equipment and material handling equipment to include, but not limited to, 75 ton mobile crane, road graders, bulldozers, front end loaders and 10-20 ton dump trucks in support of road maintenance and railroad maintenance operations.
May serve as lead HEO on specific projects ensuring workload requirements are completed as scheduled.
Supervises a Department of Corrections inmate work crew as required.
Job Duties: Responsibilities include: • Operates heavy equipment and material handling equipment, loads and unloads cinders, asphalt millings and crushed concrete materials from borrow sites to complete road maintenance and repairs.
Replaces culvert drainage piping to restore drainage under roadways and railroad tracks.
Performs snow removal operations as required.
Analyzes wage and salary reports and makes recommendations regarding salary placement for all HR hiring transactions.
Ensures that ADOA compensation strategies are appropriately implemented through the Department's compensation plan.
Utilizing the theories and concepts of the Arizona Management System provides oversight to HR staff in the development and maintenance of HR analytics and metrics and presents HR analytics and metrics information to executive staff.
• Supports 60- and 80-ton locomotive operations as a brakeman/conductor, supports railroad track inspections and maintenance and repair of installation trackage.
Provides transport capability for ammunition and explosives, including large rocket motors, hazardous materials, and inert ammunition components.
• Supervises a Department of Corrections inmate/work crew during road construction or repair activities, maintenance of barbed wire fences, clearing of vegetation from igloos, and the maintenance of railroad track and rail beds.
• Performs cyclic operator level maintenance daily, weekly, and monthly.
Performs routine inspections and operator level maintenance on equipment assigned.
Turns in equipment to maintenance shop chief for periodic maintenance and services, maintains documentation as required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs): Knowledge of: • Knowledge of the capabilities, operating procedures, maintenance and safety requirements for a D-7 and D-8 bulldozer, clamshell bucket and track-hoe.
• Safe operating procedures for gasoline or diesel-powered engine or construction equipment with wheeled or crawler type traction for such operations as rough grading, earth moving, snow removal, back filling, ditching and fine grading.
• Rail specific knowledge of 60- and 80-ton locomotives; track inspection and repair methods; brakeman/conductor procedures.
HR-related systems such as HRIS, Page Up, and Performance Management Skilled in: • Safely operating a gasoline or diesel-powered engine or construction equipment with wheeled or crawler type traction for such operations as rough grading, earth moving, snow removal, back filling, ditching and fine grading.
• Brakeman/conductor operations.
Ability to: • Excellent hand and eye coordination.
• Ability to understand and operate heavy industrial/commercial type wheeled and tracked equipment.
• Work with minimum or no supervision.
• Attend a Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) railroad engineer certification class, track inspection and maintenance certification class and brakeman/conductor certification class.
• Must be able to read, understand and communicate in the English language.
• Supervise DOC workers.
Selective Preference(s): Desired qualifications include any combination of experience, education, and training that meets the knowledge, skills, and abilities as described.
Pre-Employment Requirements: Special Job Requirements: • This position requires possession of and ability to retain a current, valid state-issued driver's license appropriate to the assignment.
Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver's license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records and must complete any required driver training (see Arizona Administrative Code R2-10-207.
12.
) • In and out of State travel required.
• Candidates for this position will be required to submit to a criminal background investigation as well as possess the ability to achieve a favorable Tier 1 investigation for the purpose of obtaining a Common Access Card (CAC) within one year of hire.
• Must obtain and maintain an FRA Brakeman/Conductor Certification or Qualification within 2 years of hire.
• Must obtain and maintain a Commercial Driver’s License with Hazardous Materials Endorsement within 6 months of hire.
If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job to conduct State business, then the following requirements apply: Driver’s License Requirements.
All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).
Benefits: The State of Arizona offers a comprehensive benefits package to include: • Sick leave • Vacation with 10 paid holidays per year • Health and dental insurance • Retirement plan • Life insurance and long-term disability insurance • Optional employee benefits include short-term disability insurance, deferred compensation plans, and supplemental life insurance Retirement: Eligible DEMA employees participate in excellent retirement programs provided by the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) and for fire personnel the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (PSPRS).
Contact Us: If you have any questions, please feel free to contact hr@azdema.
gov.
DEMA is a smoke-free work environment.
ADA/EEO Employer The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity and Reasonable Accommodation Employer